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Saturday, 11 January 2014

21 Year Old Man Burns Himself To Death In Taraba Over A Girl

A 21-year-old man, Mansur Tanko, on Friday, burnt himself to death in Jalingo, after a disagreement with his father, Tanko Mijinyawa, over marriage.Tanko, according to an eyewitness, Alhaji Jibrin Bala, set himself ablaze because his family refused to approve his weddingwith a girl, Blessing.The eyewitness told sympathisers that Tanko introduced Blessingto hisfatheras his proposed wife, but thefatherkicked against the union, describing it as a bad choice.Balasaid efforts by thefatherto convince his son to look for another girl failed, as he insisted that he could not survive withoutBlessing.The eyewitness added that Tanko suddenly left hisfatherand went to a corner in the compound, where he poured petrol on his body and set himself ablaze.

“When we suddenly saw fire, everybody ran toward the corner of the compound, only to see Tanko burning.“The father and other people in the compound tried to rescue Tanko from the fire, but failed as the flame was much and we could not move near,”

Meanwhile, he said, Tanko’sfatheris currently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, for injuries sustained while trying to rescue the son from the fire. (NAN)
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